PESHAWAR: A traffic policeman was shot dead by unidentified armed men in Peshawar on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at Ring Road’s Kabootar Chowk as traffic cop Muhammad Tahir was returning home after his shift. A heavy contingent of police reached the scene after receiving information about the shooting, and the body was transported to the hospital.
Earlier, on November 7, at least two policemen were martyred and three others injured in a terrorist attack on an oil and gas company’s camp in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to police officials, terrorists attacked the camp in the Darazinda area of Dera Ismail Khan. ASI Rehmat Elahi and Khan Arif, who were assigned to the camp’s security, were martyred. In the ensuing exchange of fire, three officers—Alamgir Khan, Fazalur Rehman, and Attaur Rehman—sustained injuries.
